Alas! while she so passing sweet was singing,

I saw a red mouse from her mouth outspringing.

Mephistopheles.

Pooh! on the Brocken that’s a thing of course;

Let not such trifles mar your sweet discourse.

Go, join the crew, and dance away;

Enough, the red mouse was not gray.

Faust.

Then saw I——

Mephistopheles.